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CABLE COMMITTEE MEETING MIN UTES
DATE: September 14, 2011
PLACE: Town Meeting Hall
TIME: 5:30p.m.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:40p.m.
Roll Call: Diane Morin, Chairman; Mary Winglass, Public Relations/Programmer, Sally Woodman, Secretary;
Donna Judge, Operator
Minutes from Previous Meeting of July 27, 2011:
- Mary W motioned to accept the minutes as written and Diane seconded the motion. It was passed unanimously.
Budget:
- The budget showing activity through August 31, 2011 was reviewed.
Correspondence and Communications:
- The meeting with a Comcast Representative on October 5th has been rescheduled for October 3rd at 6:00p.m.
Review Programing Schedule:
- There is still no response form the Recreation Department regarding televising their meetings.
Upcoming Events:
- The Newton Historical Society is presenting a program about John Greenleaf Whittier at 7:00p.m. on September 26, 2011.
Unfinished Business:
- It has been decided to televise David Koles’s video for one week.
- A response has been received from Cynthia and Ralph Wilson thanking Channel 20 for broadcasting town meetings.
- The USB Policy was reviewed and Diane will rewrite it with the committee recommendations. She will bring it to the next meeting to be signed.
- The committee is satisfied with the contract as it is presently written.
- David Koles joined our meeting to respond to his evaluations and ask any questions he might have. David made several suggestions for future programming. He suggested purchasing a monopod for filming, creating an animated station ID, doing a segment about the trails here in Newton being among them. He also stated his wish to attend some of the workshops given by the NHCCM (New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media.) At the conclusion of this meeting the committee has chosen to recommend a raise for David. Sally made a motion to recommend Davie Koles receive a 2 ½ percent merit raise. Diane seconded the motion and it was carried by a unanimous vote. David signed his
evaluation.
New Business:
- Donna contacted Access AV. She garnered information on live streaming and video on demand as well as a combination of both. In order to do live streaming we would need to acquire new equipment. The less expensive option would be video on demand. She will continue to gather information on these possibilities. Donna will be able to preview programs that we might want to broadcast on Channel 20. The committee decided that Donna could send a summary of the film and also the ability to see it for ourselves. The decision could then be made to televise it or not.
- Donna told the committee that she has received a user name and password from the NHCCM. She also said she would like to attend an upcoming Tech Expo to be held in Nashua, NH Tuesday the 27th of September to explore new ideas for our Cable Station. The committee decided to fund this trip. Sally made a motion to give Donna up to six hours of time on the clock as well as travel reimbursement. Diane seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Other: Donna mentioned that it is sometimes difficult to know when a meeting is ready to go live. She mentioned that the Planning Board Chair uses a gavel to announce the beginning of their meeting .Mary W will explore this idea with BOS.
Next Cable Committee meeting: September 28, 2011
Adjournment: 7:12p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman
Secretary
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